At about 3:20 p.m., police responded to a complaint on Buckland Hills Drive. A caller said he was following a Ford Escape after an occupant pointed a black handgun at him, police said.

Police said they found Whightsel with a holstered 9mm handgun. An officer seized the gun which had one bullet in the chamber and ten more in an inserted magazine, a police report said. Whightsel, who had a permit for the gun, had two more fully loaded magazines on him, police said.

Whightsel’s wife, who had been in the car with him, initially told an officer that her husband held a computer flashdrive up to the car window, police said. She soon admitted, however, that Whightsel displayed his handgun during a dispute with the driver of the other car, police said. The report does not make clear who was driving the Escape.

Timothy Whightsel told police he was opening a box with the flashdrive inside and that is what the other driver must have seen, the report said. Police seized his pistol permit. He was released without having to post bail and is to appear in Manchester Superior Court on Feb. 28.